Hi

The local disk of the server (Microsoft Server 2003 Standard Edition), we
use in the office is full and the data grow constantly.

I think of installing a new external disk (WD My Book Studio Edition II -
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=410) and put the data on
it.

However I do not know if the connection between the server and the external
disk (USB 2.0 or FireWire 400/800 or eSATA) is stable. The access on those
data from other computers I want to be reliable.

Will I have problem with the users’ permissions?

Thanks a lot.

Does your server no longer have room for additional internal drives? If you
want it to be reliable, that is the route you should go.


"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:19C230D1-B2B9-4165-831D-70CA6FC63131@microsoft.com...
> Hi
>
> The local disk of the server (Microsoft Server 2003 Standard Edition), we
> use in the office is full and the data grow constantly.
>
> I think of installing a new external disk (WD My Book Studio Edition II -
> http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=410) and put the data
> on
> it.
>
> However I do not know if the connection between the server and the
> external
> disk (USB 2.0 or FireWire 400/800 or eSATA) is stable. The access on those
> data from other computers I want to be reliable.
>
> Will I have problem with the users' permissions?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>

The server has room for an additional internal drive but I believe that it’s
more difficult to install it. I would like those disk drives set up to use
RAID technology and I am not sure if it would be so easy. Do I need to
re-install Windows Server 2003?

Therefore I thought of using an external disk drive which support RAID by
default (from factory). Will I have problem with the users’ permissions?


"JohnB" wrote:

> Does your server no longer have room for additional internal drives? If you
> want it to be reliable, that is the route you should go.
>
>
> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:19C230D1-B2B9-4165-831D-70CA6FC63131@microsoft.com...
> > Hi
> >
> > The local disk of the server (Microsoft Server 2003 Standard Edition), we
> > use in the office is full and the data grow constantly.
> >
> > I think of installing a new external disk (WD My Book Studio Edition II -
> > http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=410) and put the data
> > on
> > it.
> >
> > However I do not know if the connection between the server and the
> > external
> > disk (USB 2.0 or FireWire 400/800 or eSATA) is stable. The access on those
> > data from other computers I want to be reliable.
> >
> > Will I have problem with the users' permissions?
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >
>
>
>

Hello John,

The permissions part will work, but with USB for example you will slow down
the opening of files. Better use a real built in harddisk. If you like to
use RAID, both disks should have the same size and for good performance both
are the same. Does your server has a RAID controller on board or will you
use software RAID?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi
>
> The local disk of the server (Microsoft Server 2003 Standard Edition),
> we use in the office is full and the data grow constantly.
>
> I think of installing a new external disk (WD My Book Studio Edition
> II - http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=410) and put
> the data on it.
>
> However I do not know if the connection between the server and the
> external disk (USB 2.0 or FireWire 400/800 or eSATA) is stable. The
> access on those data from other computers I want to be reliable.
>
> Will I have problem with the users’ permissions?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>

To answer your question: as long as you format the drive(s) with NTFS, you
will be able to configure the permissions that you need.

As the other poster said, the USB interface is going to be a bottle neck for
the speed of your drives. And you wouldn't have that issue if the drives
were internal; either SATA or SCSI. Is the server you're using a true
server or a PC that's being used as a server? If you only have room for one
additional drive... it kind of sounds like it's a PC being used as a server.

Again, the ideal solution would be to use internal drives that are either
mirrored or using RAID-5. Don't use the RAID-0 if you do buy that storage
device - no redundancy.




"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> The server has room for an additional internal drive but I believe that it's
> more difficult to install it. I would like those disk drives set up to use
> RAID technology and I am not sure if it would be so easy. Do I need to
> re-install Windows Server 2003?
>
> Therefore I thought of using an external disk drive which support RAID by
> default (from factory). Will I have problem with the users' permissions?
>
>
> "JohnB" wrote:
>
>> Does your server no longer have room for additional internal drives? If
>> you
>> want it to be reliable, that is the route you should go.
>>
>>
>> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:19C230D1-B2B9-4165-831D-70CA6FC63131@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > The local disk of the server (Microsoft Server 2003 Standard Edition),
>> > we
>> > use in the office is full and the data grow constantly.
>> >
>> > I think of installing a new external disk (WD My Book Studio Edition
>> > II -
>> > http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=410) and put the
>> > data
>> > on
>> > it.
>> >
>> > However I do not know if the connection between the server and the
>> > external
>> > disk (USB 2.0 or FireWire 400/800 or eSATA) is stable. The access on
>> > those
>> > data from other computers I want to be reliable.
>> >
>> > Will I have problem with the users' permissions?
>> >
>> > Thanks a lot.
>> >
>>
>>
>>

The server (it’s an ordinary server, not a PC) has room for only one
additional drive. It has already 2 disk installed. The first disk is
dedicated for system, the second for user files and I can add one more. The
disk capacities are 36 GB for each one. This means that if I want to use RAID
I am forced to add a same disk (36 GB). However this doesn’t solve my problem
(36 GB are not enough!).

That’s why I thought of using a big, external disk (which supports RAID from
factory) instead of an internal.

Now I think of installing an internal much bigger than 36 GB with no support
of RAID. I will take backups at the end of the day. What do you say for this?

And finally, a last question: I thought of using FireWire 400 connection
between the external disk and the server not USB. Is FireWire more reliable?

Thanks a lot for your suggestions!




"John" wrote:

> Hi
>
> The local disk of the server (Microsoft Server 2003 Standard Edition), we
> use in the office is full and the data grow constantly.
>
> I think of installing a new external disk (WD My Book Studio Edition II -
> http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=410) and put the data on
> it.
>
> However I do not know if the connection between the server and the external
> disk (USB 2.0 or FireWire 400/800 or eSATA) is stable. The access on those
> data from other computers I want to be reliable.
>
> Will I have problem with the users’ permissions?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>

Hello John,

see inline

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

> The server (it's an ordinary server, not a PC) has room for only one
> additional drive. It has already 2 disk installed. The first disk is
> dedicated for system, the second for user files and I can add one
> more. The disk capacities are 36 GB for each one. This means that if I
> want to use RAID I am forced to add a same disk (36 GB). However this
> doesn't solve my problem (36 GB are not enough!).
>
> That's why I thought of using a big, external disk (which supports
> RAID from factory) instead of an internal.
>
> Now I think of installing an internal much bigger than 36 GB with no
> support of RAID. I will take backups at the end of the day. What do
> you say for this?

Better solution.

> And finally, a last question: I thought of using FireWire 400
> connection between the external disk and the server not USB. Is
> FireWire more reliable?

Have a look here for comparison: http://www.usb-ware.com/firewire-vs-usb.htm

> Thanks a lot for your suggestions!
>
> "John" wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> The local disk of the server (Microsoft Server 2003 Standard
>> Edition), we use in the office is full and the data grow constantly.
>>
>> I think of installing a new external disk (WD My Book Studio Edition
>> II - http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=410) and put
>> the data on it.
>>
>> However I do not know if the connection between the server and the
>> external disk (USB 2.0 or FireWire 400/800 or eSATA) is stable. The
>> access on those data from other computers I want to be reliable.
>>
>> Will I have problem with the users' permissions?
>>
>> Thanks a lot.
>>

I really thank for your help!!

"John" wrote:

>
>
> The server (it’s an ordinary server, not a PC) has room for only one
> additional drive. It has already 2 disk installed. The first disk is
> dedicated for system, the second for user files and I can add one more. The
> disk capacities are 36 GB for each one. This means that if I want to use RAID
> I am forced to add a same disk (36 GB). However this doesn’t solve my problem
> (36 GB are not enough!).
>
> That’s why I thought of using a big, external disk (which supports RAID from
> factory) instead of an internal.
>
> Now I think of installing an internal much bigger than 36 GB with no support
> of RAID. I will take backups at the end of the day. What do you say for this?
>
> And finally, a last question: I thought of using FireWire 400 connection
> between the external disk and the server not USB. Is FireWire more reliable?
>
> Thanks a lot for your suggestions!
>
>
>
>
> "John" wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > The local disk of the server (Microsoft Server 2003 Standard Edition), we
> > use in the office is full and the data grow constantly.
> >
> > I think of installing a new external disk (WD My Book Studio Edition II -
> > http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=410) and put the data on
> > it.
> >
> > However I do not know if the connection between the server and the external
> > disk (USB 2.0 or FireWire 400/800 or eSATA) is stable. The access on those
> > data from other computers I want to be reliable.
> >
> > Will I have problem with the users’ permissions?
> >
> > Thanks a lot.
> >